Aberdeen City Council
Regular MeetingAberdeen, SD · April 17, 2017
Minutes
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JOINT CITY/COUNTY PROCEEDINGS
City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen,
South Dakota, April 17, 2017, at 5:30 p.m., Joint City Council/County Commission Meeting.
Mayor Mike Levsen presiding. Present at roll call were City Councilors David Bunsness,
Todd Campbell, Alan Johnson, Dennis “Mike” Olson, Rob Ronayne, Clint Rux, and Jennifer
Slaight-Hansen. City Councilor Mark Remily was absent. Brown County Commissioners
present were Doug Fjeldheim, Duane Sutton, and Rachel Kippley. Brown County
Commissioners Tom Fischbach and Nancy Hansen were absent. City Staff present were
Lynn Lander, Ron Wager, Robin Bobzien, Brett Bill, Karl Alberts, and Jay Tobin. County
Auditor Maxine Fischer was present.
RESOLUTION NO. 17-04-01R
Bunsness moved, Rux seconded to approve Resolution No. 17-04-01R to vacate
public right-of-way described as that portion of the 60’ wide Camino Real Public Right-Of-
Way commencing at the North Side of Brown County 13 Public Right-Of-Way and
continuing North 1,860’ between Lots 1 – 5, Block 1, and Lots 1 – 6, Block 2, DeVaan’s
Villa Rancheras Subdivision, then continuing West 1,446’ between Lots 7 – 11, Block 1, and
Lots 5 – 8, Block 2, DeVaan’s Villa Rancheras Subdivision, and then continuing South 501’
between the North 501’ of Lot 8, Block 1, and Lots 12 – 13, Block 2, DeVaan’s Villa
Rancheras Subdivision, located in the SE ¼ of Section 31, T124N, R63W of the 5th P.M.,
Brown County, South Dakota (NE 130th Street and Roosevelt Street Intersection). All
present voting aye, motion carried.
Sutton moved, Fjeldheim seconded to approve Resolution No. 17-04-01R (466) as
presented. All present voting aye, motion carried.
There being no further business, Sutton moved, Fjeldheim seconded that the meeting
be adjourned. All present voting aye, motion carried.
Prepared by Mary Campton for the Finance Office. /s/ Karl Alberts, Finance Officer.
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen,
South Dakota, April 17, 2017, at 5:30 p.m., regular meeting of the Board of City Council
Members, Mayor Mike Levsen presiding. Present at roll call were City Councilors David
Bunsness, Todd Campbell, Alan Johnson, Dennis “Mike” Olson, Rob Ronayne, Clint Rux,
and Jennifer Slaight-Hansen. City Councilor Mark Remily was absent. City Staff present
were Lynn Lander, Ron Wager, Robin Bobzien, Brett Bill, Karl Alberts, Jay Tobin, and Doug
Johnson.
Mayor Levsen led the Pledge of Allegiance.
MINUTES
Ronayne moved, Rux seconded to approve the minutes of April 10, 2017, as
circulated. All present voting aye, motion carried.
PROCLAMATIONS
Mayor Levsen read and proclaimed April 17 – 21, 2017 as “Chamber of Commerce
Week” and April 22, 2017 as “Day of Champions”.
OPEN FORUM – No one was present.
OLD BUSINESS
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY
City Attorney Ron Wager had drafted two different versions of the Conflicts of
Interest Policy and submitted these versions of the policy to the City Council for
consideration. Bunsness moved, Rux seconded to approve the adoption of the City of
Aberdeen Conflicts of Interest Policy Option 2 that includes a Board of Ethics to guide and
govern City Council Members, City Board Members, City Officers, and City Employees. All
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present voting aye, motion carried.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Slaight-Hansen moved, Bunsness seconded to approve the following items on the
consent calendar:
SET HEARING DATE – of April 24, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. for an application for Special One-
Day Retail On-Sale Liquor Licenses on April 29, June 10, July 1, September 9, October 7,
November 4, and November 11, 2017 for Yelduz Shriners’ Events at 802 South Main Street.
SET BID DATE – of May 2, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. for an advertisement for bids for AGP Water
& Sewer Improvements Project (WS-2017-1).
LOTTERY NOTICE – Aberdeen Hardball Association – receive and place on file
All present voting aye, motion carried.
NEW BUSINESS
RESOLUTION NO. 17-04-02R
Ronayne moved, Rux seconded to approve Resolution No. 17-04-02R to vacate
public right-of-way described as the 66’ x 330’ Portion of Third Avenue, SE Public Right-
Of-Way located between Lot 1 and Lot 2, Harr Motor’s Subdivision in the SW ¼ of Section
16, T123N, R63W of the 5th P.M., Brown County, South Dakota (4255 – Sixth Avenue, SE
and 4255 – Third Avenue, SE). All present voting aye, motion carried.
GRANT AGREEMENT WITH SD DOT FOR TRAIL DEVELOPMENT
Parks, Recreation & Forestry Director Doug Johnson was present to request the City
Council consider an agreement with the SD Department of Transportation concerning a
Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Grant for construction of a trail along 15th
Avenue, NE between Dakota Street North and Second Street North. Johnson moved, Rux
seconded to approve the grant agreement with SD Department of Transportation for trail
development along 15th Avenue, NE. Motion carried by voice vote.
APPOINTMENT TO LIBRARY BOARD
Johnson moved, Rux seconded to approve the appointment of Misty Francom to the
Alexander Mitchell Library Board of Trustees for a three-year term ending June 30, 2020.
All present voting aye, motion carried.
PERFORMANCE REVIEWS OF CITY OFFICERS
Ronayne moved, Campbell seconded to approve and place in each employee’s
personnel file the performance reviews of appointed officers Lynn Lander – City Manager,
Karl Alberts – Finance Officer, and Ronald Wager – City Attorney, such appraisals to remain
privileged and confidential according to state law. All present voting aye, motion carried.
BILLS
Olson moved, Bunsness seconded to approve the following audited bills for services,
supplies, repairs, and maintenance: Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield 40,000.00; Matheson
Tri-Gas Inc 77.56; M & T Fire & Safety Inc. 66.00; Sanford Health 1,066.00; CenturyLink
3,764.79; American News 2,244.36; Ryan Derouchey 11.00; Aberdeen Development Corp.
14,166.67; Karl’s TV & Appliance 39.50; Praxair Distribution Inc 239.19; ASPIRE Inc
1,970.43; Taser International 39,121.64; MARCO Technologies LLC 816.63; Lighthouse
Uniform Co 613.15; RDO Equipment Co 227.23; Brown County Landfill 16,707.84;
Overhead Door 428.57; Dakota Riggers & Tool Supply 980.82; Dahme Construction
31,523.00; Hawkins Inc 8,207.47; Dakota Electronics 7,810.60; Lang’s TV & Appliance
49.99; Johnson Feed Inc 14,759.39; Spillman Technologies Inc 1,251.00; Matt Vogel 728.50;
Don’s Builders Hardware 38.40; Dennis Gavin 3,003.79; Lynn L Hanson 775.00; Eddie’s
Northside Sinclair 1,070.00; Quality Welding Inc 259.80; Performance Oil & Lubricants
54.00; Cole Papers Inc 1,328.29; Farm Power Mfg Inc 19.04; Dawn Sahli 202.50; GCR Tires
& Service 20.50; Flexible Pipe Tool Company 127.00; Jensen Rock & Sand Inc 8,281.60;
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HACH Co 1,698.61; Auto Value Part Stores/Hedahls 724.88; MARCO Inc 159.74; House of
Glass, Inc 122.39; DOI-USGS 13,500.00; Nelson Sales & Service 70.91; Kesslers Inc
196.00; Aberdeen Taxi Service 265.50; Lawson Products Inc 247.48; Steven Lust
Automotive 264.55; MAC’s Inc 65.37; Mattern Diesel Service 76.50; Michael Todd & Co
Inc 2,682.28; RDO Equipment 8,570.00; Sewer Duck, Inc 125.00; Sanford Health
Occupational Medicine Clinic 1,199.50; B & B Contracting 2,700.00; Farnums Genuine
Parts 149.48; Northern Electric 5,412.20; NSU Workstudy 347.63; Sean Spencer 55.65;
Parcel Erickson Texaco 110.00; Dakota Supply Group 586.27; Graymont Capital Inc
25,922.90; Midstates Group 989.67; Cross Country Freight Solutions, Inc 164.58; Safety
Service Inc 769.24; Avera St Luke’s Hospital 709.16; SHARE Corp 2,852.75; Crawford
Trucks & Equipment 674.76; SD Div of Motor Vehicles 8.00; Keith Sharisky 52.00; Stan
Houston Equipment, Inc 463.00; Town & Country Lumber Inc 89.90; Weismantel Rent All
700.00; Western Area Power Adm 4,944.51; Wright & Sudlow 138.00; Aberdeen Area Arts
Council 2,871.85; Fastenal Company 476.65; Shane Franks 60.00; Dan Waldman 64.00;
Praxair, Inc 3,108.80; Aberdeen Awards 5.50; Totally Tubular Mfg 91.95; SD SHRM
418.00; Master Blaster 575.80; Crystal Harper 37.50; Valent Biosciences Corp. 44,697.60;
Brad Gardner 47.00; Mattern Electric 122.45; Cody Roggatz 137.00; Metering & Technology
Solutions 15,006.82; Scott Kusler 118.00; Ultimate Upholstery Solutions 551.36; Tom
Wanttie 80.00; Davin Johnson 96.00; Dependable Sanitation, Inc 429.00; Harr Motors
950.00; Joe Fitz 64.00; Aberdeen Community Theatre 7,500.00; IACP 350.00; Pressure
Washer Central 8,570.20; Taylor Laundry 44.00; Whitney Medical Solutions 93.60; AAP of
Aberdeen SD 462.05; Northern Safety Technology, Inc 246.84; Navistar, Inc 3,500.00; NSI
Lab Solutions 138.00; Quality Inn 228.00; Chemcast Pipe & Precast 22,682.77; Integra
Chemical Co 4,370.50; M & T Fire & Safety Inc 2,171.00; Diana Daly 43.00; SD Dept
Health Lab 562.00; Titan Access Acct/Productivity 745.05; Automationdirect.com Inc
403.00; Executive Management 237.32; Vickie Salo 43.00; Sheri Whiteside 43.00; Melissa
Arnold 111.00; Barry Dunlavy 47.00; Environmental System Research Institute 1,450.00;
West Payment Center 490.92; North Central Farmers Elevator 10,465.89; SD Dept of
Revenue 12,892.84; John’s Tree Service 900.00; Cummins Inc 2,104.12; Jarman’s Water
Systems 120.00; Cornerstones Career Learning Ctr 2,500.00; Northern Valley
Communications 29.14; MTI Distributing 91,529.63; Kirk’s Auto 3,052.54; Lien
Transportation Co 24,837.25; McMaster-Carr Supply Co 749.88; Dr Steve Redmond 500.00;
Northwestern Energy 2,801.46; SD Assn Rural Water Systems 1,475.00; Michelle Bacon
180.00; Towing Plus 1,555.00; Fire Safety First 895.05; Action Pest Control 300.00; SD One
Call 67.20; Ruth Wegehaupt 75.00; Quill Corp 31.96; Ken’s Superfair Foods 28.13; O’Reilly
Auto Parts 49.32; Northwestern Power Equipment Co 2,732.44; Printiss Sizer 32.00; Century
Business Products 125.00; Karl Alberts 71.40; Menards 1,071.84; Fred Ludwig Trucking
2,507.08; Bound Tree Medical LLC 586.40; All Traffic Solutions 565.00; Water &
Environmental Engineering 51.50; SD Sheriff’s Association 85.00; Aqua Pure Inc 6,724.00;
Convention Visitors Bureau 36,268.50; Dakota Fluid Power Inc 680.47; McQuillen Creative
Group Inc 1,111.97; Borns Group 5,518.49; Mike Levsen 46.20; Impact Janitorial 4,957.35;
AT & T Cell 485.42; Stryker Sales Corp 1,406.39; NCL of Wisconsin 2,347.52; Kevin
Bourdon 989.55; Sheryl Erickson 1,395.00; Tyler Technologies 5,283.69; Schmidt
Construction Inc 10,204.00; Shirley A. Jacobs 36,713.34; CO-OP Architecture 9,613.38;
Matheson Tri-Gas Inc 70.00; POMP’s Tire Service, Inc 113.10; Jeff Neal 26.00; Locators &
Supplies Inc 259.04; Federal Resources 3,950.00; Chad Nilson 47.00; GALLS Inc 436.05;
General Repair Service 20,964.00; Dakota Oil 248.18; Nalco Company 1,103.34; John
Weaver 11.00; Brett Bill 47.00; Hase Plumbing & Heating 472.46; North Central
Rental/Leasing 14,702.25; MVTL Lab Inc 564.00; Howes Oil Co, Inc 14,138.07; Steve
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Markley 176.00; Kelvin Boschee 43.00; J R Huebner 32.00; Aberdeen Plumbing & Heating
1,159.58; Patricia Brosz 787.50; Ed M Feld Equipment Co 41.50; Aberdeen Chrysler Center
1,328.48; Thatcher Company 17,193.13; Mobile Electronic Services Inc 278.00;
Environmental Resource Association 627.64; Intoximeters Inc 1,082.50; Keith Theroux
26.00; Groton Ford, LLC 428.12; Austin Eggl 48.00; Curt Fredrickson 280.00; Butler
Machinery Co 227.51; L & O Acres Transport 4,089.38; Sanitation Products Inc 263.48;
Darcy Schock 79.00; Brenda Kohlman 75.00; Geffdog Designs 991.85; Farm Forum 32.00;
WEB Water Bottling Co 20.00; Ameripride Services Inc 902.62; Crescent Electric Supply
35.72; Mario Gourde 58.83; My Place Hotel 78.30; Brant Winter 95.00; Lisa Fischer 491.72;
Dakota Structured Cabling 482.98; Knight Towing 5,032.50; A-1 Sanitation 369.02; Muth
Electric 326.41; Environmental Toxicity Control 325.00; Tri-State Water, Inc 67.00; 121
Benefits 391.00; Melissa Kollman 202.13; Robyn Ewalt 315.00; Josh Waltman 48.99;
Northern Plains Psychological 60.00; Jordan Lemke 111.00; Aberdak Club 922.50; MAC
Tools 60.00; Lyla Agius Designs 300.00; CH Diagnostic & Consulting Services, Inc 415.00;
Matthew Rohrbach 48.00; Daniel Orr 48.00; Luke Bunke 128.00; Rebecca Kuch 270.00;
Office Depot 103.05; Tyler Oliver 164.00; The Buske Group 1,418.75; Infor Public Sector,
Inc 10,068.00; Runnings Supply Inc 1,964.73; Interstate Battery 293.85; Kevin VanMeter
49.38; Gary’s Engine & Repair Inc 44.18; Ryan Broadhead 500.00; Ronayne & Cogley
40.84; Gaelynn Lea 50.00. Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried.
PAYROLL
Rux moved, Slaight-Hansesn seconded to approve the payroll for the period from
April 2, 2017 through April 15, 2017 and city share of social security, old age & survivor’s
insurance, retirement, health and life insurance: Wells Fargo 129,845.88; SD Retirement
70,024.55; Governing Body 3,192.28; City Manager 7,726.71; City Attorney 6,531.65;
Finance 13,250.25; HR 8,305.60; Building 318.58; Computer 4,481.29; Planning/Zoning
13,976.95, Eric Miller 1,917.94 bw; Engineering 12,059.00; Police 115,137.02; Fire
102,528.23, Randy Meister 90,184.52 yr; Ryan Ries 16.30 hr, Geoffrey Stoltenburg 14.06 hr;
Fire Prevention 4,924.80; Housing/Building 6,174.55; Street 28,917.10; Traffic 5,053.36;
Solid Waste 18,891.35; Transportation/Ride Line 17,713.28, Library 25,055.87; Parks, Rec
& Forestry 88,374.04, David Bohlander 11.25 hr, Justin Decker 11.25 hr, Jay Imrie 11.00 hr,
Alicia Malewicki 13.25 hr, Michael Olsen 10.25 hr, Janice Reich 16.25 hr, Kaitlyn
Weisenburger 9.00 hr, Airport 15,182.40; Pipe 21,002.85; Water Treatment 18,058.38; Meter
2,842.28; Water Reclamation 18,923.10; Pump 7,136.91; Old Federal Crths Bldg 1,619.60.
Upon roll call, all present voting aye, motion carried.
CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
Lynn Lander presented the City Manager’s Report.
There being no further business, Bunsness moved, Olson seconded that the meeting
be adjourned. All present voting aye, motion carried.
Prepared by Mary Campton for the Finance Office. /s/ Karl Alberts, Finance Officer.
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